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Butler Herald
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BUTLER. TAYLOR COUNTY. OEOROIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 13. 1046
NUMBER 33
| Scant Wheat Supply
1 May Bring Back Good
| Hoecake Baking Era
REVIVAL MEETING AT
UNION CHURCH WILL
BEGIN SUNDAY EVENING
REV. LEWIS 8PI\’EY OF ELLAVILLE
WILL ASSIT THE PASTOR, REV.
C. L. IGjLENN DIKING THIS
MEETING.
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♦
lOOOOOOO'i'Oj'OOOOO'H.OO'M.'M'OO'
Violet Moore
Atlanta Journal Correspondent
Montezuma, Ga., June 8—"Light .
bread, p-f-f-a-a-h!” My white- Joint revival services for Union
moustached friend smote the gro- ! an< J Betbel Methodist churches will
eery counter with the head of his I at Union Church Sunday ev-
cane and glared about him at thej en * n £> June 16.
30-odd eager bidders for the eight Rov. Lewis Spivey of Ellaville
under-sized loaves that had been| w *ii assist the pastor, Rev. C. L.
alloteted to that particular dealer, j Glenn during the revival.
"What are Georgians doing eating Members and friends of both
such pap? I say let them ship all [ churches as well as the public in
the wheat there is across the ! general are urged to attend,
ocean! Maybe then our women
folks’ll learn to make cornbread
fit to eat again.”
Re subsided with a muttered ob
servation that good cooking and
woodstoves had gone out together
a statement greeted by audible
though ladylike, snorts from the
plump matrons crowded about
him.
Eight Toylor County Men
Return To Civilian Life
After Receiving Discharge
During the past few days eight
Taylor county white men have re-
Time was, you remember, when j turned home after receiving their
batter cakes for breakfast, hoecake discharge from the armed forces,
for dinner and eggbread for sup- | Most of these' men have served
per was an accepted state of af- several months overseas and are
fairs. One “gave out” of wheat receiving a cordial welcome home
flour occasionally and borrowed by their many friends.
REA LINES IN GA.
TO BE EXTENDED
DURING YEAR
$15,0004)00 Expansion Pwgwm
For R. E. A. Co-ops Is SUtxmd
For Stats.
These men include:
White Men
William R. Chandler
Alva W. Bazemore (N)
Owen F. Hill Jr. (N)
James Bone
James B. Garner (N-
Theodore Barrow
James Rustin
Jesse Rustin (Navy)
“enough to thicken the gravy”
from one’s neighbor, but “giving
out” of meal was a major catas
trophe in any well-run household.
Now it’s, “I hope you don’t mind
We’re just having cornbread,”
when the fresh vegetables course
appears with its traditional com
panion.
Yet cornbread is far and away
the favorite with Georgians who
take part in the individuality ot
the Southern cuisine. Byron Her
bert Reece, the Blairsville farmer-
poet, talks about “skillet bread”
as he would describe any other
classic. "You put a ring of live
coals on the hearth, place the skil
let over them, grease it with a
crackling, put the dough on in two
pieces and pat it down. Then you
cover it with a lid and put live
coals on the lid. When done it
has a crust about a half an inch
thick and it takes good teeth to
eat it.” In Reece’s opinion that's
the best bread baked by man,
with buttermilk bread baked in
the oven, a close second.
J. P. Luther, of Americus, news- !
paperman and civic club humorist'
says that back in the days when Ta Uasr> £aw A mall
he could crack hickory nuts with j ^ UVf HI Hall
his own teeth, he used to go for
corn pone, “a sort of glorified
hand grenade." But the hoe-cake,
crisp and delicate, is now his fa
vorite. He believes that a good hoe
cake cook must be like a great
singer or artist, born with the
gift.
Mrs. Samuel Taylor Coleman, of
Macon, hostess extraordinary, also
stands staunchly by the plain,
old-fashioned hoe cake. Water
meal, salt, in proportions true,
with no milk, eggs, or baking
powder. “Eaten with butter and
country ham,” says Mrs. Coleman,
“is food for the gods.”
To please her family, Mrs. Ew
ing Griffin of Vienna, might bake
four kinds of cornbread at each
meal, “hushpuppies (with onion)
for my h usband, hoecakes for
Tommmy, spoonbread for Betty
and eggbread for me.”
Alton Harvey, Thomaston post
master, and Atlanta’s M. E.
Thompson are hardy“pone eaters.”
But Harvey says the most of the
time he eats eggbread because
“Thelma likes it” and Thompson
specifies that his “pone” must be
only two crusts, with no dough
between! Mrs. R. C. Fryer Jr.,
president of the Georgia Federa
tion of Woman’s Clubs, says any
one can have her toast for break
fast if they will just give her corn
meal batter cakes with cane
syrup.
Cracklin’ bread is a favorite
with Miss Willie Vie Dowdy, ex
tension economist at Athens. Miss
Dowdy believes that cornmeal and
buttermilk have a real affinity
and that it is a mistake to use
eggs and sweet milk in a corn
bread to be eaten with vege
tables.
Charlie Benns Sr., of Butler, well
known in the weekly newspaper
field, thinks there is a special vir
tue in having heavy iron pans
blazing hot in the preparation [of
the best bread.
While the grist mills, like those
of the gods, seem to be grinding
slowly these days, Georgians may
be fairly certain of an ample sup- Price on Plants Reduced
ply of good meal whether or not During the remainder of season
other flours disappear from the the price will be lowered on genu
grocers’ shelves entirely. And, ine tested Porto Rico Sweet potato
Sisters of the Skillet, once you get ' plants.
Peach County Singers
Meet Next Sunday
Peach county singers will meet
next Sunday at 2 p. m. in the
Fort Valley Congregational church.
Rev. Crawford Mbncrief will
preach at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m with
song services at both hours.
T. F. Young is president of tht
Peach County singers group, T. G.
Sutton is song leader and Miss
Louise Sutton is pianist
The public is cordially invited
to atetend each of these services
Boys, Girl’s of Year
The 125 “Boys and Girls of the
Year,” chosen on a basis of serv
ice to school, church, and com
munity—serving agencies from
more than 50 communities of
Georgia, will hear Gov. Ellis Ar-
nail speak June 26, when the At
lanta Hotel Association will give i
dinner in their honor.
Awards to these outstandin.
young citizens over the state have
ranged from automobiles t(
scholarships, Morgan Blake, chair
man of the junior citizenship sec
tion of the Georgia Citizens Coun
cil, has announced.
The objectives of the council
are to encourage boys and girls to
participate in community service
and activities which will develop
better citizens.
Campaign to Stamp Out
Rabies-Infested Foxes Is
Launched by Commissioners
The Taylor County Board of
Commissioners at a recent meeting
adopted a rule to pay a reward
of $2.00 for each fox head deliver
ed to the proper authorities at the
county public works camp near
town.
Upon thorough investigation tht
Commissioners have learned that
many foxes in this section are in
fested with rabies and are fre
quently attacking cows, hogs, and
other livestock causing animals
thus bitten to have to be killed.
To eliminate this unnecessary
destruction of livestock which are
especially valuable during the
present food shortage the county
officials are offering a reward for
each fox destroyed.
The cooperation of the public in
(his important movement will be
sincerely appreciated by youi
Commissioners.
This 29th day of May, 1946.
County Commissioners.
Savannah, June 11—The alloca
tion of approximately $15,000,000
for additional rural lines in Geor
gia during the fiscal year 1947
was predicted Tuesday by Harold
F. Clark, Washington. Chief of the
Applications and Loans Division,
REA, who addressed the Georgia
REA Co-Operatives at their quar
terly conference in Savannah.
Clark said this sum would come
from the $250,000,000 loan funds
authorized by Congress for REA
systems during the next fiscal
year.
Tuesday’s session wound up a
two-day conference of REA co-op
eratives.
Walter Harrison, Millen, Presi
dent of the Georgia Electric Mem
bership Corporation, the co-opera
tives’ statewide organization, went
to Atlanta to present the commit
tee’s recommendations to the Com
mission.
The co operatives will submit a
plan to the State Public Service-
Commission which would reduce
rural electrification rates.
Walter R. McDonald, Chairman
of the Georgia Public Service Com
mission, who spoke at the session
said that the Commission had
made a study of rural rates in
other states. He said the Commis
sion was favorable toward making
a reduction in this State which
would be in. keeping with good
business management of utilities.
Theron Jennings
Declared Winner
In Sumter Race
Anjericus.r June 1)—With returns
complete but unofficial from seven
out of nine precincts, Theron Jen
nings, incumbent, defeated Frank
D. Stapleton for one of the seats
in the Georgia House of Repre
sentatives from Sumter county, in
a primary held at Americus Tues
day.
In the race for the other seat in
the house, W. G. (Buddy) Pearl-
man led the ticket in a three-cor
nered race, necessitating a run-off
T. F. Mabry trailed the ticket.
Rules of the primary require a
majority vote.
Following is the vote:
Jennings, 1,186; Stapleton, 1,050;
Gammage, 708; Pearlman, 783;
Mabry, 599; returns from the mis
sing precincts will not affect the.
results.
Approximately 2,200 votes were
cast out of a qualified registration
of 4,358. Only 65 negroes voted
and several of these ballots were
thrown out because of what was
described as “inefficient ballots."
SIX CANDIDATES
SEEK LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR POST
Position Was Created By Hie
New Construction and Pays Only
$24)00 Tsar Salary.
Atlanta, June 8—The race for
governor is producing the fire in
Georgia politics this summer, but
behind thd scenes the six candi
dates for lieutenant governor are
quietly making a little smoke in
their own behalf.
The candidates are doing consid
erable street-to-street campaign
ing for the first lieutenant gover
norship Georgia has ever had. The
post pays $2,000 a year and is only
a part time job, its main duty be
ing presiding over the Senate
when it is in session.
It was authorized by the new
state constitution. In case of the
governor vacating his post, the
lieutenant governor automatically
would be sworn in as the chief
executive. Heretofore, the president
of the Senate would become gov
ernor for 60 days, during which a
special election would have been
held.
Candidates seeking the new po
sition are Spence Grayson of Sa
vannah, Adjutant General Marvin
Griffin, Revenue Commissioner M.
E. Thompson, Dr. L. N. Huff of At
lanta, Belmont Dennis of Coving-
teon and Senate President Frank
Gross.
back into the swing of it, you and
your family are going to enjoy it
R. E. McCants
Butler, Ga.
Yet Service Board
To Set Up Council
Soon, Melton Says
Following a recent executive
session, Quimby Melton Sr., chair
man of the state veterans’ board,
announced that the resignation of
the veterans’ education counci,
had been accepted and plans made
to establish a new council of six
businessmen and six educators.
The present council, created by
an executive order of the Governor
in 1944, will continue in operation
until June 15. Its original resigna
tion came two weeks ago, after a
ruling of Attorney General Cook
lo the effect that the veterans serv
ice board was the sole state agen
cy charged with veterans’ affairs.
Melton said that the members
of a new council will be announc
ed as soon as appointments have
been accepted. Its duties will be
.o set up standards for improving
institutions for veterans’ training
to maintain the standards and to
supervise institutions and estab
lishments granted under the vet
erans’ benefits rights. Also, it will
be given the right to hire and to
fix salaries of employes with the
board's approval.
FOR SALE
One afrm mule for sale or will
trade for cows or hogs. Can be seen
at my farm near Rupert.
W. R. Lawhorn
BUtler, Ga. Rte. 1
Butler School Library
To Be Open Two Days
Each Week During Summer
The Butler Public and School
Library will open next Tuesday,
June 18. It will be open for the
summer on Tuesday and Thursday
afternoons Irom 2 to 5 o'clock. The
public is invited to come and use
the library.
AlU children. t>o h gramma'? and
high school studc-i.s who wish to
enroll for i,he V.i.auon Reading
Club are as^ed ’o ry ot a) the Jj
brary Tuesday, june 13. All child
ren who have completed the se
cond grade are e'ngib..*.
The Library Extension Service
will award certificates to ’hose
who read the reuired number of
approved book i.
(When coming to the library
please come to the outside door
on the west side.)
MRS. RALPH POPE CHOSEN CANDIDATES ARE
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
BY GAINESVILLE CLUB
WIFE OF FORMER HITLER MAN
IS PAID HIGH HONOR BY ROTARY
CL|ll|B F|0 R W|ORK IN HER
COMMUNITY.
Mrs. Ralph J. Pope, prominent
Gainesville, Ga., matron, was
chosen “Woman of the Year” by
the directors of the Gainesville
Rotary club because of her out
standing' accomplishments during
1945, as announced at the club’s
"Ladies Night” at Brenau college
Thursday night.
Among her achievements brief
ed in behalf of space, are: Chair
man Circle No. 3, Missionary So
ciety, First Methodist church; P.
T. A. fourth and fifth grade
mother at Candler Street school;
taught six classes in Home Nurs
ing and teaching one now; volun
teer Red Cross training under field
directors; taught t\vo classes Girl
Scout Home Nursing; organized
Home Nursing groups to assist
Navy wives; program chairman
Ninth District Nurses association
and association secretary three
years; Den Mother of Cub Scouts;
member Wednesday Study and
Azalea Garden clubs. The annual
award to the "Woman of the
Year” was contributed by thi
Gainesville Coca-Cola Bottling
Company.
New Voters Required
To Meet Qualifications
Before They Can Vote
Rev W E. Hightower
To Preach at AnHoch
Church Sunday Morning
The pastor of Antioch Baptist
church will be absent from this
church next Sunday but he has se
cured the services of Rev. W. E.
Hightower, superannuated Metho
dist minister of Butler to occupy
the Antioch pulpit at the morning
worship hour. Bro. Hightower
ueeds no introduction to our peo
ple as he' is well and favorably
known to all of us. We cordially
invite all friends and members of
the church to hear this minister’s
message.
There will be no evening service
on account of the revival which
begins at Union church Sunday
evening.
Sunday school at 10:30 a. m.
Come to this hour of Bible study.
A warm welcome awaits you at
Antioch Sunday. Pray God’s bless
ings upon these services.
J. H. Stanford, Pastor.
Rev. W E. Hightower
To Preach at Methodist
Church Sunday Evening
Rev W. E. Hightower will preach
at the local Methodist Church Sun
day, June 16 for Rev. C. L. Glenn.
Rev. Glenn is planning to begin
revival services at Union Church
Sunday evening and will therefore
be unable to fill his regular ap
pointment here.
Requirements for qualification of
voters in the July 17th primaiy
have been given by Attorney Gen
eral Eugene Cook, who cites the
following constitutional stipula
tions:
1. A person must be 18 years oi
older on or before November 5.
2. A registrant must have beei;
a Georgia resident for one year
and of the county where he intends
to vote “six months next preceed-
ing an election in which he offers
to vote.”
3. A person must qualify undei
one of these constitutional stipula
tions:
A. Be of good character and un
derstand the duties and obligations
of citizenship under a republican
form of government.
B. Be able to “correctly read in
the English language any para
graph of the Constitution of the
United States or of this state and
correctly write the same in the
English language, when read to
them by any one of the registrars,
“or, if unable to comply with this
solely because of physical disabili
ty, be able to ‘understand give a
reasonable interpretation of any
paragraph’ of the federal or state
Constitution."
Cook emphasized that a person
not 18 years old but who will at
tain that age on or before Novem
ber 5, of this year will be entitled
to register and vote in the 1946
primary and generaj election.
The Attorney General also de
clared that voters’ oaths “should
be actually made, "and asserted,
“if the applicant can not read or
sign his name, upon request the
officers in charge should read or
repeat the oath and sign the ap
plicants’ name."
While the above clarification
was being given, other state offi
cials and leaders were urging the
people to register and vote, to
make democracy work at its best
in Georgia and obtain the finest
results from our political system.
"The way to get the best governoi
or other officials,” they said, “is
to secure the heaviest possible-
registration—and then get out the
vote.”
July 5 is the last day for regis
tration.
MT. OLIVE CEMETERY NOTICE
We will meet at Mt. Olive ceme
tery, Taylor Mill, for the purpose
of cleaning off the cemetery and
church grounds June 27—last
Thursday in this month. All who
have friends and relatives buried
at this cemetery are requested to
come and assist in the wtjrk.
—The Committee.
CHOSEN IN STATE
BY LABOR GROUP
Committee Urges Members T#
Defeat Gubernatorial
Eugene Talmadge.
Atlanta, June 12—Georgia’s CIO
Political Action Committee has
passed a firm but unofficial word
to its local groups throughout the
state that the candidates favored
by Gov. Arnall in the state pri
mary July 17 generally will like
wise carry the favor of the CIO.
It was learned reliably Tuesday
that at last Sunday's meeting the
P. A. C. not only took a firm
stand against Gubernatorial Can
didate Eugene Talmadge, but also
picked its favorite in all but the
governor’s race.
Among those reported to have,
the P. A. C.’s backing are Ben W,
Fortson Jr., for secretary of state,
and Eugene Cook for attorney
general. They are opposed by Na
pier Burson and I. R. Kirazey, re
spectively.
The P. A. C also was reported to
have decided to oppose Labor
Commissioner Ben T. Huiet and
Tom Linder, the commissioner of
agriculture. PAC leaders favor H.
E Monroe over Huiet and J. C.
Manning against Linder.
In the lieutenant governor’s race
PAC support is reported to be on
the side of M. E. Thompson, who
is opposed by Frank Gross, Marvin
Griffin, Dr. L. N. Huff, Spence
Grayson and Belmont Dennis.
Although the PAC declared open
war on Mr. Talmadge it took no
stand in favor of any guberna
torial candidate.
When questioned on their re
ported primary selections Tuesday
CIO leaders were reluctant to
comment on the complete reports
of Sunday’s meeting.
Chas C. Mathis, newly named
chairman of the PAC, admitted
that conversation in the meeting
had turned to specific candidates
and indicated that the n^drts of
the PAC selections were probably
correct
“Just say they are unofficial,"
he added.
REVIVAL AT MT. OLIVE
BEGINS NEXT MONTH
Revival services will begin on
the first Sunday in July at the Mt.
Olive Freewill Baptist church. Rev.
J. B. Lumpkin and Kev. L. S. An
thony will do the preaching and
every one is extended a cordial
invitation to attend.
NOTICE
Persons’ Lake is private proper
ly reserved for the exclusive usi
of the owenr and invited guests
and is not open to the public.
Mary P. Sims.
Butler Suffers Loss As
Blackwell Family Is
Transfered To Forsyth
Mr. E. G. Blackwell, for many
years County Agricultural Agen
for Taylor county, was transferred
sometime ago to Monroe county
with headquarters at Forsyth. Th<
transfer intails the loss to Butlei
of Mr. and Mrs Blackwell whe
have added so much to the com
munity during their entire stay
here in civic improvements
church activities, school and com
munity interests generally.
In recognition of such services a
series of entertainments covering
a period of two weeks prior tc
their leave-taking, were planned
in their honor and delightfully
carried out by these various or
ganizations coupled with votes ol
thanks and wishing them much
success in the future.
In the transfer of Mir. Blackwell
the office of Taylor Count# Agri
cultural Agent is now being filled
by Mr. R. L. Coleman, recently
discharged World War veteran,
who with Mrs. Coleman comes te
us from Vienna. Mr. and MBs, Cole
mon are given cordial welcome to
Butler both in an official capacity
and as citizens
Man Is Arrested Here
Driving Car Reported
Stolen From Miami, Fla.
Clifton K. Gossman, 23, of M
ami, Fla., was arrested near Ri
pert Friday afternoon by patre
men of the Americus division. I
was charged with operating
stolen automobile.
The car, a 1941 Plymouth coi
vertible coilpe,' was owned by
U-Drive-It firm at Miami. It \v<
rented by Gossman on May 23 ar
was to have been returned the fo
lowing day, May 24.
At the time of his arrest Gos
man was accompanied by h
bride. The couple informed Sheri
J. M. Bone that they were marrir
at Leesburg, Ga., on June 6, tt
day before his arrest. The youri
lady gave her home address £
Perry, Fla.